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Elections will not be recalled, Wilson declared student body president
By Cozette Jenkins
editor-in-chief I The Signpost
Weber State University student body president Andrew Gardiner
announced in the WSU
Student Association student senate meeting on
Monday that there will
not be a recall election
for the 2013-14 student
body president and the
results of last week's
election will stand.
Service vice president
Julia Saxton's appeal to
the WSUSA Supreme
Court only grieved the
Elections Committee's
insufficient number of
members as dictated by
the WSUSA constitution
and not the election results.
The WSUSA executive
branch's press release
outlining its decision
not to hold a recall elec
tion stated that since
this is the case, the court
certified the original results of the presidential
election, thus they will
stand as valid.
Current traditional
student senator David
Wilson won the election with a count of 631
votes at 40.95 percent of
the popular votes. Saxton received 431 votes
at 27.53 percent. Stuart
Call received 269 votes
at 17.8 percent. Aaron Burgin received 160
votes with 10 percent.
There were 52 abstaining votes at 3.32 percent.
The executives' decision also cited the
fact that the legislative
branch of WSUSA is responsible for creating
legislation that dictates
the time, place and
manner of the WSUSA
elections and the fact
that there is not currently any legislation that
outlines the processes
for recall elections as a
reason to let last week's
results stand.
"All of us together —
the executive, legislative
and judicial branches
— rely on a lot of vague
instructions in the constitution that needs to
be fixed, but we feel like
doing a recall election
would just confuse the
process more," Gardiner
said.
In an interview after the senate meeting,
Gardiner said he recognized the court's recommendation, but after
further consideration,
contemplation and
talking to members of
the WSU community, he
SOURCE: DAVID WILSON
See Elections page 5 David Wilson won the student body presidential election with 40.95 percent of the votes.
Student organizes performances
of 'The Vagina Monologues'
By Raychel Johnson
news editor I The Signpost
In an effort to stop violence against women,
celebrate women and
raise awareness, one
student, with the help
of her committee, organized V-Day at Weber
State University.
Avery Pince, a senior
majoring in women's
studies, organized a
production of "The Vagina Monologues" and
a resource fair as part of
V-Day, an international activist movement
working to end the violence against women
and girls. Pince said the
planning process began
more than a year ago, in
February of 2012.
See Monologues page 5
PHOTO BY TYLER BROWN | THE SIGNPOST
Kalyn West reads the "My Angry Vagina" monologue at the performance of "The
Vagina Monologues" on Tuesday. The play was directed by Avery Pince as part of
Students take on family roles during Poverty Simulation
Jessica Gee sells her furniture to Greg Noriega, the illegal activities person, at the Poverty
By Laurie Reiner
asst. news editor I The Signpost
Linda and Larry
Locke-Louis are living in
poverty, with a 15-year-
old daughter and a disabled father-in-law.
This was one of the simulated families students
portrayed during the
Poverty Simulation on
Thursday.
The Poverty Simulation was the second
poverty-related event
Weber State University
and the Community Involvement Center have
hosted this year.
Each participant was
given a person to portray and put into a family based on real-life
See Poverty page 5
Tunnel of Oppression
raises awareness
about bullying
By Crystal Richey
correspondent I The Signpost
On Tuesday, the Weber
State University Center for
Diversity and Unity put
together the "Tunnel of
Oppression" on the fourth
floor of the Shepherd
Union Building. The event
consisted of three short
films focusing on different
forms of oppression and
bullying.
The first film focused
on stereotypes and profiling, the second on sexual
orientation issues, and the
third on cyber-bullying and
suicide.
"The whole reason we
wanted to do this is because
all three of these things that
you've witnessed are things
that have happened at Weber State University," said
Megan Gour, the Stop the
Hate chair for the Center for
Diversity and Unity "These
are obviously scripted and
acted, but they were based
on real things. We wanted
to bring this to the campus to show students what
is happening. You never
know what people think of
what you say."
The groups of students
were led to three different
rooms in the union building, where they watched
each of the films. The event
ran throughout the day,
and more than 50 WSU students attended.
"I think it's good for people to see what's happening
on campus, because bullying is everywhere. It doesn't
stay in high school, obviously," said sophomore
Alexis Marquez, the WSU
vice president for the Davis
campus. "It helps, because
some people are oblivious
to it. You know, you just
go to class, you don't really think about comments,
but now, seeing it through
the Tunnel of Oppression
and the reactions that it can
cause, it's horrible and it
really makes you think and
double-take what you're
saying and how it's being
taken."
The purpose of the event
was to raise awareness
about all types of bullying
and how it might affect
other people, and to point
out that even if most people don't see it happening,
it doesn't mean it doesn't
exist.
"I think it's
good for people
to see what's
happening
on campus,
because bullying
is everywhere.'
//
— Alexis Marquez
Davis campus VP
"I think this is important,
because we want people to
realize what's happening
outside of their own social groups," Gour said.
"I think a lot of times,
our society closes their
eyes to bullying or profiling or racial stereotypes.
So we want to open their
eyes to what's really going
on, and you may not see
it personally, but we still
want people to realize
See Tunnel page 7

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Bar offers new attractions
page 4
Hockey team in top 10 in nation
page 6
CALENDAR 2
EDITORIAL 3
FEATURES 4
SPORTS 6
HELP WANTED 9
Elections will not be recalled, Wilson declared student body president
By Cozette Jenkins
editor-in-chief I The Signpost
Weber State University student body president Andrew Gardiner
announced in the WSU
Student Association student senate meeting on
Monday that there will
not be a recall election
for the 2013-14 student
body president and the
results of last week's
election will stand.
Service vice president
Julia Saxton's appeal to
the WSUSA Supreme
Court only grieved the
Elections Committee's
insufficient number of
members as dictated by
the WSUSA constitution
and not the election results.
The WSUSA executive
branch's press release
outlining its decision
not to hold a recall elec
tion stated that since
this is the case, the court
certified the original results of the presidential
election, thus they will
stand as valid.
Current traditional
student senator David
Wilson won the election with a count of 631
votes at 40.95 percent of
the popular votes. Saxton received 431 votes
at 27.53 percent. Stuart
Call received 269 votes
at 17.8 percent. Aaron Burgin received 160
votes with 10 percent.
There were 52 abstaining votes at 3.32 percent.
The executives' decision also cited the
fact that the legislative
branch of WSUSA is responsible for creating
legislation that dictates
the time, place and
manner of the WSUSA
elections and the fact
that there is not currently any legislation that
outlines the processes
for recall elections as a
reason to let last week's
results stand.
"All of us together —
the executive, legislative
and judicial branches
— rely on a lot of vague
instructions in the constitution that needs to
be fixed, but we feel like
doing a recall election
would just confuse the
process more," Gardiner
said.
In an interview after the senate meeting,
Gardiner said he recognized the court's recommendation, but after
further consideration,
contemplation and
talking to members of
the WSU community, he
SOURCE: DAVID WILSON
See Elections page 5 David Wilson won the student body presidential election with 40.95 percent of the votes.
Student organizes performances
of 'The Vagina Monologues'
By Raychel Johnson
news editor I The Signpost
In an effort to stop violence against women,
celebrate women and
raise awareness, one
student, with the help
of her committee, organized V-Day at Weber
State University.
Avery Pince, a senior
majoring in women's
studies, organized a
production of "The Vagina Monologues" and
a resource fair as part of
V-Day, an international activist movement
working to end the violence against women
and girls. Pince said the
planning process began
more than a year ago, in
February of 2012.
See Monologues page 5
PHOTO BY TYLER BROWN | THE SIGNPOST
Kalyn West reads the "My Angry Vagina" monologue at the performance of "The
Vagina Monologues" on Tuesday. The play was directed by Avery Pince as part of
Students take on family roles during Poverty Simulation
Jessica Gee sells her furniture to Greg Noriega, the illegal activities person, at the Poverty
By Laurie Reiner
asst. news editor I The Signpost
Linda and Larry
Locke-Louis are living in
poverty, with a 15-year-
old daughter and a disabled father-in-law.
This was one of the simulated families students
portrayed during the
Poverty Simulation on
Thursday.
The Poverty Simulation was the second
poverty-related event
Weber State University
and the Community Involvement Center have
hosted this year.
Each participant was
given a person to portray and put into a family based on real-life
See Poverty page 5
Tunnel of Oppression
raises awareness
about bullying
By Crystal Richey
correspondent I The Signpost
On Tuesday, the Weber
State University Center for
Diversity and Unity put
together the "Tunnel of
Oppression" on the fourth
floor of the Shepherd
Union Building. The event
consisted of three short
films focusing on different
forms of oppression and
bullying.
The first film focused
on stereotypes and profiling, the second on sexual
orientation issues, and the
third on cyber-bullying and
suicide.
"The whole reason we
wanted to do this is because
all three of these things that
you've witnessed are things
that have happened at Weber State University," said
Megan Gour, the Stop the
Hate chair for the Center for
Diversity and Unity "These
are obviously scripted and
acted, but they were based
on real things. We wanted
to bring this to the campus to show students what
is happening. You never
know what people think of
what you say."
The groups of students
were led to three different
rooms in the union building, where they watched
each of the films. The event
ran throughout the day,
and more than 50 WSU students attended.
"I think it's good for people to see what's happening
on campus, because bullying is everywhere. It doesn't
stay in high school, obviously," said sophomore
Alexis Marquez, the WSU
vice president for the Davis
campus. "It helps, because
some people are oblivious
to it. You know, you just
go to class, you don't really think about comments,
but now, seeing it through
the Tunnel of Oppression
and the reactions that it can
cause, it's horrible and it
really makes you think and
double-take what you're
saying and how it's being
taken."
The purpose of the event
was to raise awareness
about all types of bullying
and how it might affect
other people, and to point
out that even if most people don't see it happening,
it doesn't mean it doesn't
exist.
"I think it's
good for people
to see what's
happening
on campus,
because bullying
is everywhere.'
//
— Alexis Marquez
Davis campus VP
"I think this is important,
because we want people to
realize what's happening
outside of their own social groups," Gour said.
"I think a lot of times,
our society closes their
eyes to bullying or profiling or racial stereotypes.
So we want to open their
eyes to what's really going
on, and you may not see
it personally, but we still
want people to realize
See Tunnel page 7